Bold Statements from Hal Wolf at HIMSS24

Hal Wolf, CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), made several bold statements at HIMSS24 about international growth, courting people in CIO-adjacent roles, and learning from other industries. HIMSS Expansion At a briefing during the HIMSS24 annual conference in Orlando Florida, Hal Wolf CEO of HIMSS laid bare the organization’s plans for continued growth an expansion. Key to the organization’s strategy is continued investment overseas with emphasis in Europe and Asia. In addition, Wolf shared how HIMSS is actively courting audiences beyond healthcare CIOs. “We want to be inclusive of roles that are complementary to CIOs,” said Wolf. “We want CMIOs, CNIOs, CSOs, and others like them to be part of our society.” To achieve that, HIMSS is widening its programming to appeal to people in these roles. How will HIMSS grow in the US in the years ahead? According to Hal Wolf they will continue to widen the tent – to be inclusive of roles that are complementary to the CIO like CMIOs, CNIOs, CSOs, etc. #HIMSS24 #hitsm #digitalhealth pic.twitter.com/4wZetb14iK — Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) March 12, 2024 Learning from Other Industries One of Wolf’s more colorful statements came when he was asked by Shahid Shah how HIMSS would bring in more ideas, innovation, and practices from outside of healthcare. Wolf responded emphatically: “Healthcare HAS TO learn from other industries. We would be idiots if we didn’t. We need to ta...
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